My Name Is Maria Isabel e-bog

A third grader realizes the importance of her name in this classic story of heritage and self-identity.For Mara Isabel Salazar Lpez, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. "e;We already have two Maras in this class,"e; says her teacher. "e;Why don't we call you Mary instead?"e; But Mara Isabel has been named for her Pap's mother and for Chabela, her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. Can she find a way to make her teacher see that if she loses her name, she's lost the most important part of herself?